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Examples from Rotterdam, Dresden, Wroclaw, Budapest and Salzburg shed light on an international theme and present artistic strategies to strengthen alternative planning methods and models of action. They clearly demonstrate how wasteland and contradictions can be useful to the development of the urbane.
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December 2008, Berlin
(urban potentials): ideas and practice. Rotterdam, Salzburg, Wroclaw, Budapest, Dresden
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Examples from Rotterdam, Dresden, Wroclaw, Budapest and Salzburg shed light on an international theme and present artistic strategies to strengthen alternative planning methods and models of action. They clearly demonstrate how wasteland and contradictions can be useful to the development of the urbane.
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December 2008, Berlin
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Urban transformation
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If we want to get a grip on what is ‘urban' today, we have to capture it in all of its disguises, gradations, and transformations as it simultaneously occurs on a global scale. This comprehensively illustrated book takes the reader on a global dérive, through emerging urban conditions in five continents, as seen through the eyes of more than 50 international architects,(...)
Urban transformation
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If we want to get a grip on what is ‘urban' today, we have to capture it in all of its disguises, gradations, and transformations as it simultaneously occurs on a global scale. This comprehensively illustrated book takes the reader on a global dérive, through emerging urban conditions in five continents, as seen through the eyes of more than 50 international architects, urban planners, politicians, and artists.
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The young city of Almere, the Netherlands, will double in size between now and the year 2030. Ecology and sustainability will feature as the central themes of this large-scale urban development, so the city council and the national government have decided. In this concise book, the Almere Principles are presented, explained, introduced and placed in a historical(...)
The almere principles: for an ecologically, socially and economically sustainable future of Almere 2030
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The young city of Almere, the Netherlands, will double in size between now and the year 2030. Ecology and sustainability will feature as the central themes of this large-scale urban development, so the city council and the national government have decided. In this concise book, the Almere Principles are presented, explained, introduced and placed in a historical context. It includes contributions from Jacqueline Cramer, Adri Duivesteijn, William McDonough and Fred Feddes.
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Water urbanisms
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Water urbanisms is the first volume in the Urbanism Fascicles Series. The series is envisioned as a platform for investigations into urbanism at the crossroads of theory and practice, history and new challenges, iconography and text; it aims to critically document worthwhile episodes of on-going research in the field of urbanism.
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October 2008, Amsterdam
Water urbanisms
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Water urbanisms is the first volume in the Urbanism Fascicles Series. The series is envisioned as a platform for investigations into urbanism at the crossroads of theory and practice, history and new challenges, iconography and text; it aims to critically document worthwhile episodes of on-going research in the field of urbanism.
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texts also translated in Chinese.
Architecture and urbanism of Tokyo
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texts also translated in Chinese.
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Droog event 2: urban play
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This daring event, produced by Droog Design and curated by Scott Burnham was organized as part of the first edition of the biennale ExperimentaDesign Amsterdam 2008.
Droog event 2: urban play
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This daring event, produced by Droog Design and curated by Scott Burnham was organized as part of the first edition of the biennale ExperimentaDesign Amsterdam 2008.
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In a period when expanding and evolving populations are placing pressure on both cities and resources, Rudy Uytenhaak's research into urban structures, their potential densities, and the specific qualities that can be achieved with them, is invaluable. This publication describes the results of his study, offers a number of specific measures and proposals and features a(...)
Cities full of space : quality of density
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In a period when expanding and evolving populations are placing pressure on both cities and resources, Rudy Uytenhaak's research into urban structures, their potential densities, and the specific qualities that can be achieved with them, is invaluable. This publication describes the results of his study, offers a number of specific measures and proposals and features a great many projects illustrating the quest for ideal plans and sections in residential buildings.
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The Austrian contribution to the 7th International Architecture Biennial in Sao Pailo curated by Lilli Hollein is an exhibition of 20 architectural projects and art projects created by feld 72 and a installation made especially for the Biennal that continues the office's work in the field of 'urban stategies'.
Urbanism for sale: feld 72
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The Austrian contribution to the 7th International Architecture Biennial in Sao Pailo curated by Lilli Hollein is an exhibition of 20 architectural projects and art projects created by feld 72 and a installation made especially for the Biennal that continues the office's work in the field of 'urban stategies'.
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August 2008, New York
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This publication presents a digital documentation of the various strategies and interventions that were researched an developed in the context of the four-year Shrinking Cities project of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes. It supplements Shrinking Cities, volume 2: interventions, the print publication from the second phase of the project. The CD includes over 2000 pages of(...)
Shrinking cities: complete works 2 interventions
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This publication presents a digital documentation of the various strategies and interventions that were researched an developed in the context of the four-year Shrinking Cities project of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes. It supplements Shrinking Cities, volume 2: interventions, the print publication from the second phase of the project. The CD includes over 2000 pages of project documentation, studies, and research in German and English. The two DVDs contains 23 film contributions (German/English, ca. 6 hours).
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At war with the city
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This collection of essays, which is neither an instant book nor a catalogue of disasters, investigates the relationships between war and city. It aims at going beyond the case study logic and strives to improve our ability to look at and interpret future scenarios.
At war with the city
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This collection of essays, which is neither an instant book nor a catalogue of disasters, investigates the relationships between war and city. It aims at going beyond the case study logic and strives to improve our ability to look at and interpret future scenarios.
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